Beer bust

Tribune archive photo

Federal agents uncovered 70,000 gallons of beer worth $750,000 at Standard Beverage Corporation on South Campbell Avenue and poured out the entire batch in a Prohibition-era raid. Support for Prohibition began to diminish as enforcement became increasingly expensive and it was becoming apparent that the ban was doing little to curb crime and drunkenness.

Federal agents uncovered 70,000 gallons of beer worth $750,000 at Standard Beverage Corporation on South Campbell Avenue and poured out the entire batch in a Prohibition-era raid. Support for Prohibition began to diminish as enforcement became increasingly expensive and it was becoming apparent that the ban was doing little to curb crime and drunkenness. (Tribune archive photo)

Federal agents uncovered 70,000 gallons of beer worth $750,000 at Standard Beverage Corporation on South Campbell Avenue and poured out the entire batch in a Prohibition-era raid. Support for Prohibition began to diminish as enforcement became increasingly expensive and it was becoming apparent that the ban was doing little to curb crime and drunkenness.